Joey calderazzo biography
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Joey calderazzo biography
Joey Calderazzo
American jazz pianist
Musical artist
Joseph Dominick Calderazzo (February 27, 1965) is a jazz pianist and brother of musician Gene Calderazzo. He played extensively in bands led by Michael Brecker and Branford Marsalis, and has also led his own bands.
Early life
Calderazzo was born in New Rochelle, New York. He began studying classical piano at age eight.
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His brother, Gene, got him interested in jazz. He studied with Richard Beirach and in the 1980s continued his studies at Berklee College of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. At the same time, he was playing professionally with David Liebman and Frank Foster.[1]
Later life and career
At a music clinic he met saxophonist Michael Brecker and became part of his quintet beginning in 1987.[2] In 1990, he signed with Blue Note Records.[1] Brecker produced Calderazzo's first album, In the Door, which featured Jerry Bergonzi and Branford Marsalis, his brother's roommate